Writing Analysis Strategy: Part II: Holistic Analysis
Genre 1 About: This was talking about his personal life and his childhood.
Genre 2
Q&A:
This was an interview they had with Usian Bolt.
Genre 3 Magazine AD: Ad of the Olympics with him being the center piece.
Quickly look over the entire project. In each box write the genre of each piece and the type of information it appears the writer has chosen to include. Do you think each genre is appropriate for the audience and purpose? Please explain for each.
Topic: Usian Bolt
Purpose: To talk about a very good track start by the name of Usain Bolt.
Genre
Genre 4 Interview: This was an interview with Usain’s trainer.
Genre
Genre 5
The man behind the speed:
This was about everything that Usain likes to do other than winning gold metals
Genre 6
Pablo McNeil:
This was about his high school coach and how he died.
Genre 7
Potential of Usain:
Due to scientific studies it shows what he is able to do.
About:
This was talking about his personal life and his childhood.
Q&A:
This was an interview they had with Usian Bolt.
Magazine AD:
Ad of the Olympics with him being the center piece.
Purpose: To talk about a very good track start by the name of Usain Bolt.
Interview:
This was an interview with Usain’s trainer.
The man behind the speed:
This was about everything that Usain likes to do other than winning gold metals
Pablo McNeil:
This was about his high school coach and how he died.
Potential of Usain:
Due to scientific studies it shows what he is able to do.
Does the project have unity? Yes, the entire project was interesting colorful and flowed. Also every genre related back to the topic.
Can you see how the writer created cohesion among the pieces? If so, how?
The order he put the genres made the project flow and made it interesting.
©2006 by Melinda Putz from A Teacher’s Guide to the Multigenre Research Project. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. HANDOUT 2E